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Street and Smith's New York Weekly : a journal of useful knowledge, romance, amusement, & c. , v. 52, no. 8, December 12, 1896, [Incomplete].
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Montrose, Lesley.
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1896-12-12
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New York : Street & Smith
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New York Weekly. Two black sheep; or, The siren's secret / by Lesley Montrose. Siren's secret
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“THE LOVE THAT WON, ”a charming romantic story by Julia Edwards. Next week.
Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second Class Matter.
Three Dollars Per Year.
Two Copies Five Dollars. No. 8.
WHEN FIRST WE MET.
RY EDITH Ht. COGHLAN.
‘The day was bright, the place was gay,
The suralent onthe watars tay
‘The breeze blew sof o'er wood and dell,
O'er perfumed heath, and daisied fell,
inet.
The
8 fe past with changeful bou
shutled upon het Hower
4 thir and bright,
‘Aud glory cuavedl the a mn of lg,
mid @ careless, hurrying throng
‘Mere fll the dies of strange sweet somg—
Otto Tele at
But
J heart Esofty eat,
Van glad we met.”
‘Yes, Twas glad a brief sweet space—
knew uot why—t0 see Uy face
‘Abd, when we parted,
Leotitd but whisper once,
ce
sea
mm glad we met”
Oh, wast mad
Peet tivo coals! when E bat
80 longed to dee tee ace to fey,
meee thee ere 1 Lert the place?
ua thus we met,
Xow thought me hauehity, cota. and proud.
We parted; aud among the
Youd the thou on
how T sadly question wh
We ever met.
‘The mem'ry of a summer dream,
‘Phe musie of poo ssh ste
‘shadow where was once a sinile,
Bhai?be my poreio fora whe,
"Ti T forget!
you NEVER CAN TELL.
‘
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voy We We
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ftening pierce: ee vee ce you doacoat tid
‘Pipped with its poison or balm. °
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result will bet
grow
And shelter the brows that toll,
ost thonghs wil} 20
Two BLACK SHEEP:
The Siren’s Secret.
BY LESLEY MONTROSE.
(Two BLACK SimeP” was commenced last week)
CHAPTER Ll.
““"YHANK HEAVEN THAT HE HAS LISTENED TO
YOUR APPEAL!”
For all their pesto, they found Caryl’s station
shut up for ight, the last seale b0 fo Spr ay
cmt gon, od not a soul on hand to of
hindrance, Not till long afterward aud
Merry discover how sho came tov be deverted bya
her friends, to. make her way home under the
unaathorlzed protection of rsh Lodimer.
Te was, as she bad guessed, Loring Addorsley | *
whom she had to thank ‘tor the ° misfortune. She
had deliberately maneuvrea that both the
boats started olf, euch in tho beltet that the. pair
were in the other; and at the station where the
or train
that she had’ had'no tae to make le dius.
Batified that uor Inte charge wonld be quite ea
young Lovdimse caro wae ‘fh portoct
gentleman), and that her father’s earriage would
jo in waiting at the end of the short rait
ay
ride to bear her to her home, the lady principal |
dismissed the matter from her min
But the train had long gone when Marsh and
Merry reached the station, and the poor girl w.
obliged to wait alone, sitting on the steps of the
station house, while larsh was off
scouring the neighborhood for a team to take
them the twenty odd miles to Spray-Crest.
High-spirited as Merry was, her experience
with the bold stranger Yaad fair ly cowed hei
terrors unknown before haunted ‘her, and almost
any calamity | seomed poss Her father's
anger a thing to yo her own,
fSecount, but on Marsts; aula abe ont thors. ta
the eerie darkness of the unfamiliar place, a
vision of her life at Rathleague, without his
faithful friendship, ese before her as an intoler-
inisery, and with a bursting sob she vowed:
T won't give him up—I won't! It would be
0 base!”
ue fate turned a relenting face upon the pair
for tha.
htt inidnight when at Tast they reached the
¢ pretentious building, with its towers and
1y_ bo Hu
torcign treed replaced the grand rot of florescenes
which had beet fairyland to. Marsh and Merry
dow:
the honest ono ‘hich had never rfued bor yet,
miner of
nto
young, Handsome, aid. wearing. the "ait
supposed to be a inonopoly of patrician
—
Th
na
a me
birth. They walked arm in arm, in earnest and
rather sad’ converse; ttey were “talking of the
yacht which Merry had, seen -come to anchor as
she Jo ber iche,, waiting for Marsh's
ee has changed ‘harname: to suit hie oem
raut tastes, ? said the man, scanning the
Inotiouless vessel through a night-glnss,
reslance now, instead of the Diana. ‘kh ot
last jhe is coniing ashore; ho has entered ‘the
““Phank Heaven that he has listened to you
appeal, Bertram,” breathed the Indy. ferveit
Ob, the pation with lim fort He must
uly soften when’ he hears” how bis father
suffers for bis sake!”
“My 8} » Eig * murmured the
with duotion, plead for this bird of
prey, whose ‘every Agwoop upon us has left us
poortr iu "wealthy aud honor, surely I, his own
rother, shonld Ue able fo forget, and ‘try again.
He cannot be ail badk surely, as you say
weil be touched. at
his conduct has bre
shamed When he.lear
eu our father down,”
APTER IV.
“YOUR FATHRIE! 12 LoKGIYO TO FORGIVE
S PAST."
Bertram, Lot rd Tre sary was the elder son of
d
the Bart of Gludsinoors the lady by his side w
was
his wife, not long wed. Family trouble, Pamely,
the disgraceful life o! second son, Ulick,
had go Worn upon the health of, the aged earl,
that his physicians had sent him traveling to
divert bis mind; and Tera ‘Tredegar aud his wife,
were devotedly attached to the broken old
m an, had accompanied him, with a few faithful
servants, From land to land they had flitted in
Mot ‘the pence’ which haa flown; they
crossert the ocean to the New World, and acci-
dentally came across the track of - Colonel
‘hertséy, Away flew my lord earl’s: franauility
his fond ‘heart yearned over bis er 2
could, not pass ou without makin Mg more
appeal to the filial affection that surely could not,
| be entirely dead, and he bad but to utter the
desire to have it Bratifio ied by his children.
Learning that Colonel Chertsey’s yacht was
hovering off the coast i Garnett Islé, the noble
party sought shelter iu the hotel—the fmt guests
Of the season; a moweage was sent to the colonel
that his fa ither would See him, and his brother,
ife, awaited bis approach,
if that were possible,
self to the earl in his
before he: presented bi
usual callous impenitenee.
‘olonel Chertsey Janded at the. retty.
neath the lowest terrace walle He waslate for
his appointment, having met with that very dis-
neerting experience at the hands of an un-
known stripling, which bad necessitated a return
- | to his yacht to change his clothes. As he
Lowering woods, down to. its surt. mgivt shores, i in
two of the previature guests of the hotel wore
ne fhe. ws
fuming and objurgating yet over ‘his ducking,
his mind so fully occupied with that, and the
longing for revenge upon ‘the it oF austin”?
who had flouted him, as well as her pro-
tector, who had. trousiced ity tha’! hes seareel
“| thonght” of the coining interviow, except
anotlier bore that ould got over in'short
order,
Lor.
‘4 and Lady Tredegar. came down to the
a
a
i
shes
brother whose honor made so bluck his
dishonor, knowing how it would gall and
goad him,
As usual, the viscount thrilled with
indignation, and, as usual, he curbed
himself, rorent gy after a scarcely per-
ceptible pause, his Jast words, and with
deepest earnestness:
very ‘life is bound up in you,
Jick; oven yet you are his favorite son:
Roliove mo, brother, your, welfare is n=
tirely in your own ‘bands; give him but
the excuse, and he is longing to forgive
the past, se toreinstate you in your own
rice of this wonderful
at’s that to be?”” cried
ious to think how easy
fellowma mere dropping
veces aad mounti ng to the place
froin’ whic he bad fallet sat it did he
Know of the octopus arms coiled round
fin from tose evil depths—the thousand
Tiabilities, embar nts and what not
of sa bad subj private life?
<The -pricel’™ fchold Lord. rodegar,
wonderingly. ‘What, could our father
eq) ‘You but the renunciation of
fo whith has brought ou to this???
The: colonel broke in with an exasper-
thore nothing in your heart
that plends'with you to save yourself, for
his sake, since ‘you will not for you
ont” urged the visrouut, evou With
more generous warmth as’ his father’s
head, bowed in shame, rose before hi
“Is Your prosent way of living s0 satisfy
ing that you are willing to lose all that a
man holds most precious—home, love, and
honor, rather than renounce it?”
“Have done, poor, canting hypocrite!”
shouted the other, losing. all control over
his passion at this picture of bis rnin
and of wnt teh, hve been, Whut-
race to meet him, and when he saw
the Main awest woman’ by bis brother's. side,
rtsey'e scowl, blackened, for, be, knew host
foully lie pad belied her icked attempt to
event bis brother from, marrying, and he real-
ized that she knew it, and could not believe that
she did not hate whim’ and long to be revenge
well able to bold himself in band,
uit be: greoted. the w pair with a deep bow to the
lady, a curt nod to his brother, aud a jaunty
phrase to both:
“So, here you are, large as life. Giv ve you m
word, Bert, 1 could banily credit. my eyes wha
Teal your note, Mote pater all right?
But jiere bis philosophy was somewbat tried by
iy Tredegar olfering her kind hand, with
or mt welcome; for what, thought she,
rivate, wrong compared ‘with her deat
Sid tathorbuclaw's restored. peace of mind? It
|thg earl, all might go well,
ede Colonel accepted the little warm, hand,
its shy, ape aling pressure, wrth @ distinct
er and d aif a5 it had bee ery
oa" women
sae insipid ; god omen, fou, tbe i
in their sweetest Kindness, aud, im short,
tw them bypocrites, every 6
together for a fom mites, explain:
ing their presence in that pa
according to bis nature, the siscoun with simple
tratin amd’ the colonel with a host of. reserva.
‘The eyes of busband ‘and Wifo met, hors on-
treating’ him. to. the last to be kind and patient
with his brother, his conveying loving assurance;
then she flitted away, promising to prepare the
fart for his sou’s vapetra nce.
‘The men moved away together, mechanically
pacing to,and fro ty the terrace wall while they
aryaited tb
“Wel "what's the racket now?’ demanded
colonel, ‘sharply, as soon as Lady Tredegar's
i gh steps had passed out of wearing
9 waa a curious change in the expression
ot hive eye, in the ring of
out and sounded its warning rote; if gver he
could do an ill turn to his prosperom
it.
‘Meaning why I sent you our father's request:
for an interview?”? suid Lora Tredegar; “or why
ie wishes to see you—which?””
‘Why you nieddled? What's your, game?"
snarled the colon
“T would do >anyhing Jin the world he asked
me to do,?” 6} tho vigeount, simply, His
‘at is et om yon; he carte be ab pence till sou
at one with us again. Ulick, you wore always
his favorite son, you know that, and his very lite
is bound up in you
“Aah, ‘ill you supplanted me,’ re-
torted the tolonl with ay athe But swell I
know there's little’ chance for me as long as you
crouch at the old man’s ear, whispering venonious
tales of me.??
was-an old accusation, utterly haseless,
noone kuew better than the man who uttered
it; hut he never failed to burl it at the stainless
this man could be conciliate iefore he weut to °
hatred peered | f
8, ropetit
brother, it was palpable that he would ‘sadly do Poa
over Ta ‘ou | have to thank for |
being 9 Ste,
viscount, receitiny
the paragon son and the good-for-nothing,
log whose one merit, was that he honestiy
hota bi, worst side? While, you
hua al I bet you a pony Sond
just as black as, Yor ‘blacker than. ‘mine,
could one come by it; while the other bit
of perfection that you've married, is, as
you and T know, the beroine of very
queer. story—nodding and ee
with" odious, saguiflcance="-a ul
would make the ol: man sit up i'l was
tom
“Stop, sir!’? interrupted: the viscount,
turning pale, while bis-eyes flashed dant
; “taunt, revilome 08 you please,
Hr mnatters ‘motiiug, bub utter note?
breath against one whose flawless g ood
ness no one knows better than yout
and — But hot words are useless,”” aud
he turned hide his agitation
‘hose “meerin ne eyes, and cal
back is batter feelings if be could.
touched re, didn’t 1??? jeered the
colouch gloating over his’ power to torturer and
recklessly indulging himself, although he iknew
that Lord Tredegar ha¢ expose this
outrage to their father, vand hig, chances "for
reconciliation mere gon e forever. ‘*I don’t won-
der you'd rather ear nothing more about that
old Fomance, because, d’ye see, if it took wings
it might topple the ,Pair of you from your
wacie of honor—
“Take that back, swallow your falsehood,
scoundrel thundered. “the viscount, stung be:
ond endurance, and seizing the slanderer’s two
Wrists ina. grip of steel. he gazed in. his faco
with eyes of flame, ‘Scoundrel!’ he said again,
slowly and distinctly, “‘defamer of good womeu,
sallow your lie!”
Scoundrel thouzh he knew he was, and defa
‘had my will’ of you,”
1 Chery exulting, Cali-ike,
over the irrevocable \@ stood over the
motionless form which lay close at the boxe of
the terrace wall, arranging bis cuffs and r
ing. is breat
ilove cane @ Light footfall and the rustle of
sitkon garmente: ni lady was recurniog with tre
earl’s summions to bis younger son. She stopped
hort some little way off, perceiving only 0
Where is Bertram, Colonel Chertsey??? she
quickly ‘asked, and ‘noted Chertsey’s hasty
Alteration of position; as he now stood, a dark
shadow lay ou the ground bebind him.’ ““Ber-
tram? called the lady, breathlessly, sine
colonel did not at once reply
“A few miuutes more, vay ‘Trodegur--be with
tly, mel got out at last, but
you pr
stammering!!
Suddenly she seemed to fly to the spot. She
thrust his beavy bulk aside as, if he tad beon a
er-wrieght, ond down on ber kuees she went
ior etselens husband, with a chokiug
on of bis mame,
right, in a minute, madame; awkward
turn—stumbled—breath knocked out a bit—noth-
ing to take fright over,”?, mumbled the colonel,
essaying to soothe her sid prevent sorne
Never heading, she lifted the hea upo:
her lap, and her hands were bathed hea ‘hi
Sie Taised. thon inthe. moonlight, staring. a
them with starting eyee, and. then a-cry rang up
were to the very gates of heaven, heart-
Dioreing, desperate,
“‘Hush—hush! are y
whole pack of them
colonel, in a panic,
Bu heard ‘him not, her cheek was laid
claswe-clone “tthe noble, heart which had over
before beat for her, but’ which now seemed
stilled forever,
“Oh! my love, my love, why did T leave you
0 die?” she moaned in accents which might bave
Inolted even Colouel Chertsey to pity, but for his
terror,
us bound to fetch the
nnd us?!” grated the
craven.
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